Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-08-10
A CORR EGTEOS.
The Industrial Department OF
the Orphans, Homo Not
Closed.

CARSON CITY, Angus s., 1887.
ED. MORNING APPEAL.-Dear Sir.
| desire through your paper to an
swer the charge that has appeared
successfully in the Reno Gazette
the Virginia Enterprise, the Morn
ing APPEAL, the Reno Journal and
the Carson Tribune, that the Di-
rectors OF the Orphans Home had
closed the Industrial Department of
that institution indefinitely.
The first article appeared in the
Reno Gazette of July Path, in the
form OF letter dated July p, writ
ten by "Orphans' Friend" stating
emphatically that the Industrial
School was closed down indefinitely,
and since that date the above named
papers have reiterated this bold as
sertion, deeming it unnecessary 20
ask a member of the Board if this
oo~@NOAAOAb hSAC III Is IL llOb
prising that the editors and propri-
etors of the Gazette, Messrs. C. S.
Young and C. S. Preble, ex-mem-
bers of the Board of Directors of |
the Orphans Home, did not take is
sue with "Orphans' Friend when
he asserted that the last Legislature
made ample provision for the main
tenance of the Home Tor the next
40 years, especially when we re-
member that the Legislature appro-
priated $25, 900 for the two years
Notwithstanding these ex-Directors
recommended in their last
report to the Legislature that the
sum of $50 900 be appropriated, as
signing many reasons why this sum
Vas necessary to properly maintain
he Home?
"Orphans' Friend says the In {
iustrial Department need not be {
my burden whatever on the Home g
'und, but rather a source of profit. I
will ask the ex-Dlrectors if this l
tatement comedies with their ex-
'erience? If this is true it is clear /
hat "Orphans' Friend knows \
more about the management of this t
Institution than either the old or
ew Board of Directors, and that t
he report of the Directors asking 1
n appropriation of $32, 900, when a
25,O 900 is ample, was disregarded v
y the Legislature for sound reasons. Il
He further says the ostensible p
eason for closing the boys work r.
hop is because the last Legislature ri
lied to appropriate a special fund h
n its maintenance. Now, if this La
atement be true, the "Orphans' b
riend" is a mind reader OF high e:
der, for at no meeting of the OF
GARD was this assigned as a reason
r closing the Industrial School. tie
ne school was closed during the bt
lmmer vacation, the same as any Jc
her school in the State, and at the tn
quest of the boys, the larger of wi
nom desired to go out to the al
ms of the neighbors to earn Gt
netting for themselves, where Is
ey are now working and we'll ID
eased.
At meeting of the Board on
'ril 4th, it was resolved that the
N of $500 be appropriated for the o.
rchase of a lathe, and its appur-
ances, for the Industrial School.
a meeting of the Board on May -,
h the instructor in the Industrial
lool was notified that the school
uld be closed on the last of June :.
ME
same as the day school. Can
re inferred from this that the
DOL was indefinitely closed, or
manently, as is desired to be i'm
ssed upon the public in the sew
articles?
am authorized to state most en-
tically that the Industrial School
closed temporarily for vacation
that the Board never contem-
ed a permanent closing of that
artment. 00'i
he Board were not afraid that -
Legislature would refuse to paw
efficiency bill if one should be 40
ented with proper youcbars and